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égrappoir

English translation: stemmer

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French term or phrase:égrappoir
English translation:stemmer
Entered by: Natalie

09:15 Dec 20, 2001
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering / vendanges
French term or phrase: égrappoir
Liste du matériel utilisé pour les vendanges.
Lala
France
Local time: 22:51
stemmer
Explanation:
Machine vinicole qui effectue l'agrappage de la vendage.
LGDT
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Alain Fontaine
Local time: 22:51
Grading comment
Merci beaucoup!
Lala
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +2destemmer
Corinne Bono
5 +1Comment
Nikki Scott-Despaigne
5stalk separator
Jennifer Kildee (X)
4an instrument/tool used to separate grapes from the bunch
BernieM
4stemmer
Alain Fontaine
5 -1crusher and destemmer
transatgees


  

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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
an instrument/tool used to separate grapes from the bunch


Explanation:
This is an instrument used to separate the individual grapes from the bunch as a whole.

I suspect that there might not be a single word English equivalent for this. Does anybody else know if there is?

BernieM
Canada
Local time: 13:51
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 244
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30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
stemmer


Explanation:
Machine vinicole qui effectue l'agrappage de la vendage.
LGDT

Alain Fontaine
Local time: 22:51
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 19
Grading comment
Merci beaucoup!
Lala
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35 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -1
crusher and destemmer


Explanation:
My wife has worked in the wine trade for over 20 years. I asked her boss who was a wine maker in South Africa for a long time.

He tells me that the above is the normal expression. The reason for the crushing part (the breaking of the skins before the grapes go into the press)is that the same machine carries out both operations, i.e. removes the stalks (the destemming bit) and crushes the grapes.

transatgees
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:51
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 38

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Corinne Bono: destemmer I agree on, as to the rest, it is not the case in every country where they can have a seperate crusher system.
3 hrs
disagree  Thierry LOTTE: "crusher" is another device
15 hrs
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51 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
stalk separator


Explanation:
For reference, go to:
http://www.cecchiniplants.com/inglese/diraspa_i.htm

Also see LGDT

Hope this helps!

Jennifer


    Reference: http://www.cecchiniplants.com/inglese/diraspa_i.htm
    Reference: http://www.granddictionnaire.com/_fs_global_01.htm
Jennifer Kildee (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:51
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 8
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
destemmer


Explanation:
Through years of working in that field, I have reached the stage when I would only say destemmer. depending on the country , that is depending on the way they make the wine, some crushing the grapes as they destem them , others being careful, it will make a lot of a difference to the wine and mostly to whether it can age well...

So it would be safer to remain with destemmer only. The crushing can be part of the process but it is not related to the word or egrappoir anyway, so should not be used I would think. Whether they actually crush them or not in your case, the French version did not want to put forward this cheap, faster and poor quality wine making process, so avoid it in the English version , even should the translation be for a country not minding the quality, reliability and stability of its wine.

Good luck and enjoy.

Merry Christamas and a happy New Year to you

Corinne Bono
France
Local time: 22:51
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 142

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nikki Scott-Despaigne: Found a few refs. I DO agree with Corinne here - whole heartedly!
10 hrs
  -> thank you Nikky
agree  Thierry LOTTE: 100 percent agree - congatulations...
11 hrs
  -> Thank you Thierry
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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Comment


Explanation:
A few refs which may come in handy.

Sticking with the purists on this one, I’m afraid! Whilst most of the hits including “destemmer” also include “crusher-destemmer” / “destemmer-crusher”, I can’t help going along with the minority on the hit list. It appears sacrilegious to crush as you destem!


http://www.grapestomper.com/wineglossary.html

stem/stalk - woody attachment of grape to bunch, high in often harsh tannins. All or most are usually deliberately eliminated by a mechanical destemmer prior to fermentation


http://www.decanter.com/learningroute/glossary.asp

Destemmer Machine used to separate grapes from their stems.

Destemming Process of separating grapes from stems. Traditionally stems were included in the fermenting vat, but they tend to give a tough, bitter taste to the wine. Most good quality wines are now made without stems.

Fouloir (Fr.) Crusher. One of the first steps in grape processing and often associated with a destemmer (égrappoir).


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Note added at 2001-12-21 09:03:55 (GMT)
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When I say "hit list", I mean "résultats" of the search, not any other interpretation of the term, by the way!

Nikki Scott-Despaigne
Local time: 22:51
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 4638

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Corinne Bono: could hardly disagree
1 hr
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